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to be filled with grief; to be overcome with sorrow

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excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance

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to comfort; to console; to amuse

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on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently

2

polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy

1

to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter

3

to praise highly; to sing the praises of; to applaud; to acclaim; to admire

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queen; female champion

1

concern; interest

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to turn towards; to point

3

bedroom (esp. one used by a married couple); sleeping quarters; inner room; room at the back of the house

1

lovers' talk; whispered intimacies

1

thought; idea; ideology

1

politics; government

1

strategy; tactics

1

implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely

1

to use (in cooking); to mix (in)

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long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged

3

to spend time (on doing something)

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brainwashing

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at will

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puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute

1

real power

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to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)

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performance of one's official duties

2

desk

2

above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous

2

secret message

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collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally

3

roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly

1

to scan; to look over

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meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly

1

smile

5

to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)

1

in accordance with plans; just as planned

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not only

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godsend; big win

1

to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in; to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly

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to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember

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behind one's back

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proposal; proposition; suggestion

2

lower grade; low class; junior (officer)

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have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than

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supreme ruler; conqueror; champion; winner; titleholder

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when it becomes; when it comes to

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ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery

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hence; for that reason

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anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone

5

touch; contact

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to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for

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